Commercial Manager Employment Opportunity – Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC)

Job Title:     Commercial Manager
Organization: Uganda
National Oil Company Limited (UNOC)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Chief Commercial
Officer
About Us:
The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under
Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 2013
and incorporated under the Company’s Act 2012. It is a limited liability
company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNOC
is; “To handle the State’s Commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry.”
Job Summary: The Commercial
Manager will steer the design, planning and implementation of the strategic and
commercial objectives of UNOC
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Provide strategic commercial and economic
    guidance to support the planning, development, and implementation of
    UNOC’s short, medium and long-term strategic objectives;
  • The jobholder will also formulate economic
    models to support negotiations and commercial decisions. Provide support
    in the framing of economic evaluations and identification of embedded
    options, risks and mitigations in commercial ventures;
  • Guide and provide support on commercial
    related issues for all technical, legal and other functional interfaces
    within UNOC.
  • Identify opportunities for UNOC in the
    sector and structure options for the development and commercialisation of
    those opportunities, and perform executive business/ market strategies to
    achieve growth and profitability.
  • The incumbent will also define marketing
    and funding strategies to support UNOC’s broader commercial opportunities;
  • The jobholder will propose and implement a
    process of selection for Upstream “Joint Operations” partners for UNOC,
    starting with Exploration, such that UNOC is positioned to actively
    compete in Uganda’s Oil and Gas Industry;
  • The incumbent will negotiate and agree
    commercial features and arrangements with existing and prospective
    partners;
  • Carry out market studies for hydrocarbon
    resources and ensure economic tools for export and domestic related
    analysis are available;
  • Provide the financial context for
    decisions, ensuring strategy alignment, transparency and impact on various
    financial metrics for UNOC;
  • Building effective business relationships
    and networks with industry and other stakeholders;
  • Build and maintain commercial excellence
    within UNOC through mentoring and development of commercial skills’
    behaviour within the Company junior staff;
  • Provide advice and support to the CEO and
    the Executive management team on all technical and commercial matters
    across the value chain as required.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicant should preferably hold a
    Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Energy, Petroleum
    Geosciences or any relevant degree
  • Possession of a Masters Degree in
    Engineering, Economics, Energy, Petroleum Geosciences, or Business
    Administration would be an advantage;
  • A minimum of ten years’ experience in the
    oil and gas sector, including management positions handling commercial
    negotiations;
  • Extensive knowledge and experience of
    company legal, engineering, development and commercial processes across
    the oil and gas value chain;
  • Working knowledge and experience of
    working with Natural Resource / Energy Ministries in developing countries;
  • Be commercially astute and possess sound
    negotiation and leadership skills;
  • Excellent communication and personnel
    management skills, and a high level of discretion and personal integrity.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
a completed and signed applications form, download here, together with
certified copies of academic certificates addressed and submitted in TRIPLICATE
to the address below. The applications should be delivered through registered
mail, electronic mail (email) and courier will also be received. Applications
via email must be delivered as a single pdf file, in the order of cover letter,
application form and supporting documents to recruitment@unoc.co.ug
Address to:
The CEO,
Uganda National Oil Company Ltd,
Room C406, 4th Floor Amber House, Plot 29/33 Kampala Road,
P.O. Box 36316, Kampala, Uganda.
Deadline: 24th April 2017 by
17:00 Hrs

For
more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com
or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline

Related Jobs